From: <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Jason@zx2c4.com
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: FAILED: patch "[PATCH] random: mark bootloader randomness code as __init" failed to apply to 5.15-stable tree
Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2022 08:44:01 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <165510264116179@kroah.com> (raw)
The patch below does not apply to the 5.15-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.
thanks,
greg k-h
------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------
From 39e0f991a62ed5efabd20711a7b6e7da92603170 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@zx2c4.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2022 17:00:16 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] random: mark bootloader randomness code as __init
add_bootloader_randomness() and the variables it touches are only used
during __init and not after, so mark these as __init. At the same time,
unexport this, since it's only called by other __init code that's
built-in.
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: 428826f5358c ("fdt: add support for rng-seed")
Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com>
diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c
index 4862d4d3ec49..0d6fb3eaf609 100644
--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -725,8 +725,8 @@ static void __cold _credit_init_bits(size_t bits)
**********************************************************************/
static bool used_arch_random;
-static bool trust_cpu __ro_after_init = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RANDOM_TRUST_CPU);
-static bool trust_bootloader __ro_after_init = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RANDOM_TRUST_BOOTLOADER);
+static bool trust_cpu __initdata = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RANDOM_TRUST_CPU);
+static bool trust_bootloader __initdata = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RANDOM_TRUST_BOOTLOADER);
static int __init parse_trust_cpu(char *arg)
{
return kstrtobool(arg, &trust_cpu);
@@ -865,13 +865,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(add_hwgenerator_randomness);
* Handle random seed passed by bootloader, and credit it if
* CONFIG_RANDOM_TRUST_BOOTLOADER is set.
*/
-void __cold add_bootloader_randomness(const void *buf, size_t len)
+void __init add_bootloader_randomness(const void *buf, size_t len)
{
mix_pool_bytes(buf, len);
if (trust_bootloader)
credit_init_bits(len * 8);
}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(add_bootloader_randomness);
#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_VMGENID)
static BLOCKING_NOTIFIER_HEAD(vmfork_chain);
diff --git a/include/linux/random.h b/include/linux/random.h
index fae0c84027fd..223b4bd584e7 100644
--- a/include/linux/random.h
+++ b/include/linux/random.h
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
struct notifier_block;
void add_device_randomness(const void *buf, size_t len);
-void add_bootloader_randomness(const void *buf, size_t len);
+void __init add_bootloader_randomness(const void *buf, size_t len);
void add_input_randomness(unsigned int type, unsigned int code,
unsigned int value) __latent_entropy;
void add_interrupt_randomness(int irq) __latent_entropy;
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